Lapid concedes * Analysis: Most religious gov’t looms, not yet theocracy * Labor blames Lapid as Meretz falls * Netanyahu won 8-seat majority despite near-parity in votes

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, November 4, 2022 Presented by [ChaiFlicks]( [Conceding defeat, Lapid wishes Netanyahu luck ‘for the sake of the Israeli people’]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Final election results show Likud leader to head 64-strong right-religious bloc in 120-seat Knesset despite only narrow lead in overall vote, as Meretz, Balad fall below threshold]( [Blinken calls outgoing PM Lapid to thank him, warn of spiraling West Bank violence]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [More US Jewish groups publicly fret over far-right showing in Israeli election]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Analysis [Judah Ari Gross]( [Israel poised to have its most religious government; experts say no theocracy yet]( [Anticipated coalition likely to have major impact on religion-and-state issues, with reforms on kashrut certification, conversion and LGBT rights expected to be rolled back]( [Newly ascendant anti-LGBT MK says he will seek to ban Jerusalem Pride Parade]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Government turns to High Court to challenge recognition of Utah ‘Zoom weddings’]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Labor leader Michaeli, who refused Meretz merger, blames Lapid for left’s demise]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Poor election showing shrinks left-wing representation from 13 to 4 seats in 25th Knesset; Michaeli accuses PM of ‘irresponsibly’ pushing Yesh Atid in front of bloc]( [Meretz wiped out of the Knesset after falling just below electoral threshold]( By [TOI staff]( from our sponsor [Stream hit Israeli drama ‘Unchained’ starring Aviv Alush]( [Watch Aviv Alush (The Beauty & the Baker) as Yosef, a rabbi-investigator helping women obtain a ‘gett’ while dealing with a crisis of faith in his own home.]( Analysis [Jeremy Sharon]( [Netanyahu won 8-seat majority over his opponents despite near-parity in raw votes]( [With Meretz and Balad failing to cross the electoral threshold, some 289,000 votes were wasted by anti-Netanyahu parties, smoothing the right-wing religious camp’s path to victory]( [Liberman says he rebuffed Likud approach to join coalition; not till Netanyahu quits]( By [TOI staff]( [Outgoing finance minister refuses to consider partnership with ultra-Orthodox parties, predicts US will put ‘physical pressure’ on expected right-wing religious coalition]( [Deri and Goldknopf meet, agree to cooperate after Netanyahu-bloc victory]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Bennett announces resignation, hopes incoming government ‘will act responsibly’]( By [TOI staff]( [13-year-old girl breathing independently after being shot in West Bank’s Kiryat Arba]( By [TOI staff]( [Family of Tamar Aharon thanks doctors and nation’s prayers, hopes for full recovery after she was hit in the head, apparently by errant fire from Palestinian city of Hebron]( [Palestinian family harvesting olives say they were beaten up by settlers]( By [Jack Mukand]( [Settlers accused of vandalism in Palestinian village near Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [Allies may worry over far-right’s election gains, but few can afford to shun Israel]( [US, UK express concerns over rise of Ben Gvir, set to be minister, and some may prefer not to work with Netanyahu, but shared core interests will likely rein in diplomatic fallout]( [US envoy congratulates Netanyahu on win, says he will enjoy ‘working together’]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Palestinian Authority PM: Israeli power swap is ‘difference between Pepsi and Coke’]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( Top Ops [Tal Schneider]( [All the prime minister’s men]( [As Netanyahu returns, it is his primarily male, religious and nationalist partners who will set the new government’s tenor; could they give the left a fresh flag to rally around?]( [Sara Shapiro-Plevan]( [Your co-workers should know your salary. 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